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Land with a climate like Butare

🇷🇼Butare, Southern Province, Rwanda

The towns with the closest growing climate to Butare are Kibungo, Rwanda (99% match), Kigali and Bukavu. About 94,000 sq mi of land in 16 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Western Region, Uganda, Kagera, Tanzania and Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo.The towns with the closest growing climate to Butare are Kibungo, Rwanda (99% match), Kigali and Bukavu. About 243,000 km² of land in 16 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Western Region, Uganda, Kagera, Tanzania and Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Your growing climate

Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,038 mm rain

What grows in Butare →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇬Western Region, Uganda

    11k sq mi28k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nyachera (93), Iryango (92)

  2. 2

    🇹🇿Kagera, Tanzania

    9,900 sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Nshamba (97), Ngara (97)

  3. 3

    🇨🇩Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    4,800 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Djugu (92), Bunia (89)

  4. 4

    🇷🇼Eastern Province, Rwanda

    4,200 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kibungo (99), Kayonza (98)

  5. 5

    🇨🇩South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    3,600 sq mi9,300 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bukavu (99), Kabare (87)

  6. 6

    🇷🇼Western Province, Rwanda

    2,700 sq mi7,000 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ngororero (99), Cyangugu (98)

  7. 7

    🇺🇬Central Region, Uganda

    2,400 sq mi6,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kalisizo (86), Kyazanga (86)

  8. 8

    🇨🇩North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    2,400 sq mi6,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Goma (94), Sake (87)

  9. 9

    🇧🇮Gitega, Burundi

    2,400 sq mi6,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Gitega (93), Zanandore (92)

  10. 10

    🇧🇷Minas Gerais, Brazil

    2,300 sq mi5,800 km² matching 80% or better

    For example São Gotardo (81), Carmo do Paranaíba (80)

  11. 11

    🇵🇪Amazonas, Peru

    2,100 sq mi5,400 km² matching 80% or better

    For example La Peca (66), Chachapoyas (64)

  12. 12

    🇷🇼Southern Province, Rwanda

    1,800 sq mi4,600 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kamuhanda / Ruyenzi (99)

Regions are states and provinces, counting land within 75 km of a town. At most three per country, so the list covers the world.

Closest towns

  1. 1

    🇷🇼KibungoEastern Province, Rwanda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 830 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, mango, citrus

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇷🇼KigaliRwanda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 886 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, mango, table and raisin grapes

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇨🇩BukavuSouth Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,225 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇹🇿NshambaKagera, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 42 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,058 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: mango, citrus

    97%match
  5. 5

    🇷🇼NyagatareEastern Province, Rwanda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 28 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 699 mm rain

    Shares 15 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, mango, citrus

    94%match
  6. 6

    🇷🇼GisenyiWestern Province, Rwanda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,184 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana

    94%match
  7. 7

    🇧🇮GitegaBurundi

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 40 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,009 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops

    93%match
  8. 8

    🇹🇿BugaramaKagera, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 786 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, mango, citrus

    93%match
  9. 9

    🇨🇩Djugu↻Seasons flipped. Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,235 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana

    92%match
  10. 10

    🇹🇿KassambyaKagera, Tanzania

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 955 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, mango, rice

    92%match
  11. 11

    🇺🇬RukungiriWestern Region, Uganda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 961 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes

    92%match
  12. 12

    🇺🇬IsingiroWestern Region, Uganda

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 26 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 664 mm rain

    Shares 13 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, citrus, mango

    91%match
  13. 13

    🇧🇮CendajuruCankuzo, Burundi

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 901 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, citrus, mango

    90%match
  14. 14

    🇨🇩Bunia↻Seasons flipped. Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,159 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, banana, mango

    89%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇬Fort Portal↻Seasons flipped. Western Region, Uganda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,297 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: banana, tea

    88%match
  16. 16

    🇨🇩Mangbwalu↻Seasons flipped. Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,226 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, banana, mango

    88%match
  17. 17

    🇺🇬Kapchorwa↻Seasons flipped. Eastern Region, Uganda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 55 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,391 mm rain

    Shares 18 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: tea, banana

    88%match
  18. 18

    🇺🇬Paidha↻Seasons flipped. Northern Region, Uganda

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 1,113 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, mango, banana

    87%match
  19. 19

    🇹🇿BiharamuloKagera, Tanzania

    Zone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 11b · No frost · 0 chill hours · 767 mm rain

    Shares 17 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: table and raisin grapes, citrus, mango

    86%match
  20. 20

    🇨🇩RutshuruNorth Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Zone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 12a · No frost · 0 chill hours · 941 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 20 great-fit crops · Also great there: citrus, table and raisin grapes, mango

    86%match

Any town over 15,000 people, skipping those within 75 km of you. ↻ = seasons flipped across the equator.

How matching works

We compare all twelve months of average highs and lows, rain, humidity and sunshine, the same way as Climatch's places-like search, but weighted for growing: winter lows count most, since frost, chill and hardiness decide which perennials survive, then summer highs and rain. Humidity counts least.

Scores show how unusual a match this close is: 80 or better is closer than all but about 2% of random pairs of places. Across the equator seasons are lined up (↻), so a southern farm's January is compared with a northern July. Climate is only part of it: check soil, water and day length (it matters for photoperiod crops) before buying land.

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Climate data: TerraClimate 1991–2020 monthly averages (Abatzoglou, J.T. et al., 2018, Scientific Data 5:170191). Humidity is derived from TerraClimate vapor pressure; “sunshine” is solar radiation.

Places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors, tiles by OpenFreeMap.

Grower tools: crop ranges from FAO ECOCROP and university extension guides (cited per crop). Daily weather, frost dates and chill are estimated from the monthly averages; chill portions use the Dynamic Model (Fishman, Erez & Couvillon, 1987), hardiness zones follow the USDA definition.